Puppet Notebook Issue 18: Puppetry in Practice
The eighteenth issue of Puppet Notebook offers news and insights from the UK and beyond, with a focus on applied puppetry and innovative performances.
The eighteenth issue of Puppet Notebook offers news and insights from the UK and beyond, with a focus on applied puppetry and innovative performances
Highlights from the Puppetry World
Upcoming Events: Advance notice of the Symposium on Applied Puppetry at the Little Angel Theatre, the 'Puppet as Performer' Workshop by Gavin Glover of Faulty Optic, and the Puppets on Film Festival.
Feature Articles
"Kefar Nahum" by Carole Guidicelli – An exploration of Compagnie Mossoux-Bonté's evocative performance.
"Presence in Fragments: The Performer-Puppeteer in Théâtre de la Licorne and Point-Zéro" by Marie Garre Nicoara – A study of fragmented presence in puppet performance.
"Site-Specific Puppets in Beirut's Abandoned Train Stations" by Randy Ginsburg – An examination of puppetry in unconventional spaces.
Interview and Reviews
Interview with Noriko Nishimoto, Artistic Director of Spare Parts Puppet Theatre in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Festival Report: Isabel Lyster reflects on a puppet festival in St Petersburg.
Review of "A Dog's Heart" (1927) – Penny Francis critiques the puppet adaptation by Complicité and Blind Summit, produced by the Netherlands Opera.
Review of Gyula Molnár's latest object theatre creation, by Karen Karin Rosenberg.
Diary of Events
Includes the usual selected diary of UK and international events, such as:
16th World Festival of Puppet Theatres in Charleville-Mézières (16-25 September 2011)
21st Congress of UNIMA in Chengdu, China (28 May-4 June 2012)
With 24 black and white photographs, this 28-page edition is an essential resource for puppet enthusiasts and practitioners alike.